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New Mental Health Funding Opportunity

Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010

Learn more about the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program FY 2010 Competitive Grant Announcement! Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for this community collaborative initiative!

OJJDP Announces New Funding Opportunity

Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010

Learn more about the OJJDP FY 2010 Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Programs grant competition! Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application!

UK FAST Program Featured on Teacher TV

Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, February 4, 2010

A primary school in Liverpool trials the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme, to see how links between communities and schools can affect children's welfare and education.

New Prevention Funding Opportunities

Posted by Pat Davenport on Friday, March 5, 2010

Learn more about a grant opportunity from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for this community collaborative initiative!

Lynn McDonald's Inaugural Professorial Lecture

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Congratulations to FAST Program founder, Dr. Lynn McDonald as she will be inaugurated as a professor at Middlesex University in London!

Appleseed Parent Involvement Documents for the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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New Educational Funding Opportunities

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Learn more about three new grant opportunities from the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Contact us at FST for support in proposing "FAST" in your application for these grants.

State Laws on Family Engagement in Education Reference Guide

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, January 12, 2010

National PTA's Office of Public Policy has a new publication, State Laws on Family Engagement in Education Reference Guide.

FAST in the Netherlands

Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, November 12, 2009

FAST Partners in the Netherlands, Rivierduinen, have been nominated as one of two National Dutch Youth Service Award Nominees. Congratulations to all of those nominated!

Tony Maggiore Youth Excellence Award

Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, November 12, 2009

Nominate a candidate for the Tony Maggiore Youth Excellence Award.

FAST included in NREPP

Posted by Pat Davenport on Tuesday, April 21, 2009

FAST Included in NREPP (National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices)

OJJDP announces free financial workshop

Posted by Aubrey Johnson on Friday, November 6, 2009

A message from OJJDP News @ a Glance - announcing free financial workshop.

FAST Program and Military Families

Posted by Pat Davenport on Thursday, July 2, 2009

Just in time for the 4th of July, FST has put together this informational brief about the FAST program's history in engaging military including comments from Certified FAST Trainer Kalen Kitagawa who has facilitated the FAST program with numerous military families in Hawaii

How FAST Works

Posted by Aubrey Johnson on Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Click on the link below to watch a ten minute video created by a FAST partner in the Northern Territory of Australia

US Urban Dropout Rate Debacle

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Saturday, April 5, 2008

The High School dropout rate in America's inner cities is beyond a crisis and it is difficult to see a functioning society unless the decay of urban education is addressed.

Families face FAST Family Time

Posted by Pat Davenport on Monday, April 6, 2009

FAST Program in Mad River School District tell their FAST success story

Beating The Odds: Colorado Study of School achievement

Posted by from CDE on Thursday, March 13, 2008

The state of Colorado has studied school achievement and has identified ten practices that help schools perform better. They are creating a best-practices guide later this year to promote their findings.

Familes and Schools Together receives TAPE award for outstanding program

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Monday, February 18, 2008

Texas Association of Parent Educators (TAPE) delivers award to FST in recognition of its achievements in best practices for parent engagement with a science-based model

CMHS Report to Congress on Child Mental Health

Posted by American Psychiatric Association on Thursday, January 31, 2008

"The Committee believes that research-based prevention and wellness promotion efforts that strengthen parenting and enhance child resilience in the face of adversity can have a significant impact on the mental health of children and youth."

American Stress Skyrockets

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, October 25, 2007

Forty-eight percent of Americans say they're more stressed now than they were five years ago.

Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk

Posted by Star Parker reviews Ben Carson's new book on Saturday, December 29, 2007

Ben Carson: Gifted neurosurgeon, businessman, philanthropist, and contemporary American black hero who rose from an at-risk childhood to advocate of personal responsibility and education.

The Many Faces of Childhood Stress

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Research is increasingly revealing the hazards of childhood stress on the growth and development of kids.

Gang Activity Affecting Girls

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Sunday, September 9, 2007

The rise of girl gangs is becoming a distressing problem in the USA. and in Europe. It is a problem that is taken very seriously by the FBI and local juvenile police units.

Excellent Article on Parent Involvement

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Tuesday, October 23, 2007

How do you establish and maintain a good working relationship with your students' parents? The Education World Teacher Team shares their strategies for increasing parent involvement and ensuring parental support.

FAST Makes Cover of American School Board Journal

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, October 25, 2007

FAST recognized by American School Board Journal as having exceptional results with Latino communities in Los Angeles

G.R.E.A.T. and FAST collaborate

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Thursday, November 4, 2004

The State of Wisconsin has provided funding to help Racine gang resistance efforts using the FAST and G.R.E.A.T. programs in collaboration to help parents and community outreach officers build protective factors around kids.

FAST Cited by Harvard's Family Research Project as Family-Strengthening Intervention

Posted by Kjell Kahlenberg on Monday, October 23, 2006

In a study evaluating effective child-student interventions, FAST was found to possess the necessary ingredients for success in program effectiveness